Canada’s Dominique Maltais (R) during the women's Snowboard-Cross finals at the FIS Snowboard World Championships in Stoneham, Quebec, January 26, 2013. Maltais won silver in a World Cup race in Blue Mountain, Ont. on Saturday. (MATHIEU BELANGER/REUTERS)

Canada’s Dominique Maltais (R) during the women's Snowboard-Cross finals at the FIS Snowboard World Championships in Stoneham, Quebec, January 26, 2013. Maltais won silver in a World Cup race in Blue Mountain, Ont. on Saturday.(MATHIEU BELANGER/REUTERS)

Chris Robanske accomplished something on Saturday that no Canadian male has managed to do in almost six years.

The North Vancouver, B.C., native won gold in men’s World Cup snowboard cross to become the first Canadian man to win an event in the discipline since Drew Neilson accomplished the feat in Lake Placid, N.Y., in March 2007.